53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph Lister, 1883

Made:
1883 in Europe
maker:
Joseph Lister
and
Agnes Syme Lister
53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes 53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes 53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes 53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes

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53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes Lister during a trip abroad to the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern day Slovakia and Hungary). The majority of the specimens were collected during a trip in 1883.

Herbarium sheets are the most common means of recording a plant on paper, as dried specimens provide botanists with direct visual comparisons. These are two of 52 specimens collected by surgeon Sir Joseph Lister and his wife Agnes while touring eastern Europe in 1883. Each is labelled with its Latin name following the categories commonly used by all botanists from the 18th century. The labels appear in both Joseph’s and Agnes’s handwriting, showing the project was a joint effort. Botany was one of few sciences considered appropriate for women to practise in the nineteenth century.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642914
Materials:
paper and plant material
type:
herbarium sheets

Parts

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister on 24 Sept 1883

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister on 24 Sept 1883

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister on 24 Sept 1883 at Csorba Lake in the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia. Specimen is loose on a grey sheet of paper. See inscription field.

Measurements:
overall: 257 mm x 166 mm
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and plant material
Object Number:
A642914 Pt8
type:
herbarium sheet
Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister on 10 Sept 1883 in Kohlbach Valley, Tatra Mountains. Specimens are loose on a grey sheet of paper. See inscription field.

Measurements:
overall: 257 mm x 158 mm
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and plant material
Object Number:
A642914 Pt50
type:
herbarium sheet